Almost 126,000 voters cast their ballots by 12 noon. This is 14.79% of the voting-eligible population, IPN reports, quoting the Central Election Commission.
Some 52% of those who voted are women. 28.48% are aged between 56 and 65, 25.14% – between 66 and 75, 17.07% – between 46 and 55, 12.92% – between 36 and 45, 7.59% – between 26 and 35, 5.19% – between 76 and higher, while 3.61% are people aged between 18 and 25.
The turnout of voters in the municipality of Balti at midday was about 9% or nearly 9,000 voters.
Local runoffs are taking place in 273 localities of Moldova, where none of the candidates for mayor polled more than half of the valid votes cast in the first round of voting. In these constituencies, the elections will be considered valid if at least 1/5 of the eligible voters mark their choice.
In another eight localities where the elections were invalidated, the local elections are rerun today. The Electoral Code provides that the rerun elections are considered valid regardless of the number of electors who voted in them.
Polls close at 09.00 p.m.
